Re:An open source web-based flashcard studying system
by oofsa on Saturday June 24, 2023 @03:49AM
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I believe the issue is not a lack of content, but the quality of the content. There are so many decks on https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/, including ones for Kotlin (https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/kotlin) and Trigonometry (https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/trigonometry), but most of them are of low quality or not what I want. Sometimes it's easier to just create a deck by myself.
Re:An open source web-based flashcard studying system
by blasterjeff151 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @09:42AM
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Hmm - I've rarely used prebuilt decks but maybe I should consider that. Other services besides Anki have them as well. iDoRecall has a bunch that are tied in with OpenStax (a "free e-textbooks for all" project).
Re:An open source web-based flashcard studying system
by hwgilbert16 on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:21PM
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It's likely that we add the ability to import from Anki, I'll also add the ability to import from other services that act as flashcard repositories. I've seen a few of them in my research.
However, the project is more focused on giving individuals the platform to create their own sets/import from elsewhere, rather than hosting a large repository.
That being said, the big hurdle with SRS software is ... lack of content.
I wrote one too but gave up on it because creating the content takes too long.
What I'd like to see someone create is an open and free wikipedia-type-everyone-can-contribute-content project specifically for flashcards.
When I sign up to any SRS I want to be able to point the software to (for example) www.srs-commons.org/topics/programming/languages/kotlin, or maybe www.srs-commons.org/topics/history/south-africa/the-boer-war, or www.srs-commons.org/curriculums/us/grade-10/trigonometry.
Students seem particularly motivated to create a commons of cheating material, maybe they could be similarly motivated to add to a commons of study material.